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Microstructural characterization and wide temperature range mechanical properties of NiCrMoV steel welded joint with heavy section

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Fenggui Lu ,
Xia Liu ,
Peng Wang ,
Qingjun Wu ,
Haichao Cui  and
Xin Huo
Fenggui Lu*
Affiliation:
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Laser Processing and Modification, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
Xia Liu
Affiliation:
Shanghai Turbine Plant of Shanghai Electric Power Generation Equipment Co. Ltd., Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China; and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
Peng Wang
Affiliation:
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Laser Processing and Modification, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China; and Shanghai Turbine Plant of Shanghai Electric Power Generation Equipment Co. Ltd., Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
Qingjun Wu
Affiliation:
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Laser Processing and Modification, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
Haichao Cui
Affiliation:
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Laser Processing and Modification, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
Xin Huo
Affiliation:
Shanghai Turbine Plant of Shanghai Electric Power Generation Equipment Co. Ltd., Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: Lfg119@sjtu.edu.cn
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Abstract

NiCrMoV steels used in nuclear rotor with heavy section were successfully fabricated by ultra-narrow gap submerged arc welding method. In this study, the mechanical properties including the tensile and impact toughness of the welded joints (WJs) with a wide temperature range were systematically investigated. Microstructural characterization indicated that the high-temperature tempered martensite and tempered bainite, as the main microstructure in WJ, were responsible for the improved comprehensive mechanical properties of the WJ. Microhardness across the WJ was measured as well, showing that the highest value of hardness occurred at the heat-affected zone which represents the appropriate lowest impact toughness of WJ. However, compared with the base metal, the ultimate tensile strength of the WJ displayed approximately equivalent values, while the yield strength was increased with increasing temperature. All the fracture of the WJ specimens occurred on the weld metal. In addition, the Charpy impact energy of weld metal was obtained at various temperatures, and the transition temperature (Tt) of welded metal was determined as 5 °C, which helps for the application design. The fractography indicated that the ductile fracture modes changed to quasi-cleavage ones gradually with decreasing temperature, and also the dimples became smaller and shallower.

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welded jointmicrostructure characterizationmechanical propertiestemperature characteristic
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 30 , Issue 13 , 14 July 2015 , pp. 2108 - 2116
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2015 

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